hotbeds
n.
(坏事、暴力等的)温床( hotbed的名词复数 );
例句:
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The monasteries were not hotbeds of crime and luxury.
来自M. Cox
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Slums are hotbeds of crime and disease.
贫民窟是滋生犯罪和疾病的温床.
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According to Ji, these crude public toilets were hotbeds for fly reproduction and disease.
他认为, 这些简陋的公共厕所是苍蝇繁殖和传播疾病的温床.
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Newspapers are and always have been hotbeds of dodgy sexual behaviour.
来自THETIMES
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Time and again, Saban has gone into the country's leading football hotbeds to pluck their best players.
来自WSJ